The US is sending total 2.5 million doses of the vaccine under the international vaccine supply platform COVAX. Maleque said the rest of the Moderna doses – 1.2 million – are expected to arrive on Saturday morning. “Our mass vaccination drive stopped after the strong launch because we did not get expected doses. The Moderna vaccine, approved by Bangladesh on Jun 29, will be the fourth to be administered against the coronavirus in the country. These 2.5 million vaccine doses are part of US government’s recent allocation of 25 million vaccine doses for countries in Asia, the US Embassy in Dhaka said.

Source: bd News24 July 02, 2021 17:48 UTC